Cutup

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"It's all a big joke to you, right? Like those little nicknames you and your clone brothers give each other?"
"Oh, I could think of one for you right now, sir."

―Bric and Cutup^[6]

Cutup, designated CT-4040 was a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. A member of Domino Squad, Cutup was trained on the planet Kamino before being stationed on a listening post on the Rishi Moon. In 22 BBY, Rishi Station was attacked by Separatist commando droids and the troopers were forced to evacuate. During the escape, Cutup was attacked and eaten by a giant Rishi eel.

Biography

Training on Kamino

"You're a real cutup, aren't you?!"

―Bric unintentionally giving CT-4040 his name^[6]

A clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett,^[1] CT-4040^[7] was born on the planet Kamino.^[1]

A member of Domino Squad, CT-4040 and his fellow clone troopers, CT-00-2010, CT-5555, CT-782, and CT-1409, were on the verge of being assigned sanitation duty as a result of poor performance in training. Although each member of the squad had their shortcomings, one of their drill instructors, the Siniteen Bric, blamed CT-4040 for the squad's failure. One evening, before their final attempt at the Citadel Challenge training course, CT-4040 met with Bric in the hangar, where Bric berated him, saying that everything was a joke to him and that he could not even take his own training seriously. However, CT-4040 only laughed and decided to embrace the nickname "Cutup" after Bric used it to derogatorily refer to him. Despite seemingly not being affected by the conversation, Cutup and his brothers, who each had their own perspectives refreshed in various ways, banded together and were determined to complete the challenge. They progressed very well in the early stages, but eventually, Cutup and his squad learned that they had been sabotaged and did not have their ascension cables, which they needed to scale to the top of the citadel and complete the assessment. Although Bric had been the one to sabotage them, the squad used their ingenuity and teamwork to find a way to complete the challenge nonetheless. Cutup and his squad were ultimately commissioned to fight in the ongoing Clone Wars against the Confederacy of Independent Systems.^[6]

Rishi Station

"You wanted excitement, Hevy."
"Right. Oo-ooh, meteor shower."

―Cutup and Hevy, with Hevy being sarcastic to Cutup's remark — 20?cb=20250116042720

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The escalating war demanded more troops and many inexperienced clones—including Cutup—were pushed into service before their intensive training could be completed.^[3] In 22 BBY,^[2] Cutup and his Domino Squad mates were stationed at Rishi Station, a listening post located on the Rishi Moon. As part of their plan to attack the clone troopers' homeworld Kamino, the Confederacy of Independent Systems launched a surprise assault on Rishi Station. As BX-series droid commandos stormed the listening post, Cutup and CT-5555, nicknamed "Fives," CT-1409, known as "Echo," and CT-782 "Hevy" were forced to flee through a ventilation shaft. After they escaped the outpost, they emerged onto the surface underneath the station. However, a Rishi eel appeared and attacked Cutup, killing him. The remaining clone troopers eventually managed to alert the Galactic Republic about the Separatist attack, thwarting a possible invasion of Kamino.^[3]

Personality and traits

As a clone cadet, Cutup showed qualities of being the clown of Domino Squad, telling jokes, teasing his fellow cadets, making light-hearted comments about other cadet squads, and mocking his trainer, Bric. Nevertheless, Cutup cared greatly for his fellow cadets, stopping to check on a wounded Droidbait when the clone was shot from behind.^[6]

After being shipped out to the Rishi Moon, Cutup, like most of the other clones there, was an inexperienced rookie trooper and he was bored with working at the station. He challenged Hevy a lot, but they got along well, participating in idle entertainment like arm wrestling. He would also join Hevy in teasing Echo, because the trooper was focused on protocols and manuals. Cutup sported a goatee while he served on the Rishi Moon, perhaps embracing his own individuality like many of the other clones during the Clone Wars.^[3]

A human clone of Jango Fett, Cutup was 1.83 meters^[1] and weighed eighty kilograms.^[5] He had brown eyes, tan skin, and black hair.^[3]

Behind the scenes

"Cutup" first appeared in "Rookies," the fifth episode of the first season of The Clone Wars TV series, aired on October 24, 2008. He also appeared in the first episode of the third season, titled "Clone Cadets," which chronologically took place before "Rookies." In the episodes, he was voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, who voices all clone troopers through the series.

In the young reader book Star Wars: I Am a Clone Trooper, Cutup is seen sharing a meal with Dogma, who is donning the gear of the 501st Legion.^[8] However, Dogma did not join the frontline of the Clone Wars as part of the 501st until later in the war,^[9] by which point Cutup had already been killed.^[3] As such, the image cannot be correct.^[10]